Method of producing tubular fabric.



N- 790,492, nv PATENTBD MAY 23, 1905. J. A. FIRSGHING.

METHOD 0F PRODUGING TUBULAR- FABRIC. A

APPLICATION FILED 11111.16, 19o5.`

Il l i l l I l l .fo-EPM 1' s'mw. WW 4 JOSEPH A. FIRSOHING,

Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

OF UTIOA,y NEW YORK.

METHOD OF PRODUCING TUBULAR FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,492, dated May 23, 1905.

Application iiled January 16, 1905. Serial No. 241,197.

To all whom, t mag/'concern' Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. FIRsoHnve, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Producing Tubular Fabric; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a method or process by which tubular material or fabric is produced, Wh'ich fabric is adapted to be cut spirally to form a continuous band of material for use in what is known as collarettes in the manufacture of undergarments.

As is well known, tubular fabric is ordinarily knit on what are known as circular machines, and the result is that the yarn or thread passes around the tube of the fabric in substantially a circular manner. To prepare this material for use in collarettes, it has been heretofore the practice to cut off a section of tube transversely of the tube-say two or three inches wide. The section so cut 0H is then cutopen, making simply a strip, and largeV numbers of these strips are provided and secured together by pins or sewing and rolled' in a roll, when the material may be said to be in condition to go to the operator who is to place the collarette on the garment. The process as heretofore practiced has been slow, tedious, and expensive.

ln the drawings, Figure l shows a section of the ordinary tubular fabric such as made by a circular machine, and, as shown, the fabric is shown with circular bands or gures made by either introducing a different-colored yarn or by modifying the knit so as to give a figure. The particular fact of the tube having a circular stripe or design is not material to my present invention, although in connection with such material it appears to better advantage. Fig. l also shows in dotted lines the lines of the proposed cut to be made in the fabric, and when collarette material was prepared in the usual way, as heretofore and as before mentioned, sections would be cut off on the lines indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l.

Fig. 2 shows the fabric after having been prepared by my improved method. This method consists in slitting the tubular fabric, Fig. l, longitudinally and offsetting the severed edges the desired distance to secure a band of the desired width, and when designed or-figured fabric is used such distance as will correspond with the figure, and reuniting the severed edges, as indicated at c, by sewing or otherwise. After this has been done it will be noted that the tube can be cut into a conltinuous band spirally, in which the thread or yarn from which the fabric has been constructed or knitted will extend practically lengthwise of the band and that the band Will have the figure or design running continuously therein and in the same relative position in the band throughout its length. This cutting operation in severing the band can of course be done by hand, but is preferably done on a machine prepared to cut along the line indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2 and wind the severed band into a roll simultaneously.

By employing the'method and process herein described Vcollarette-band material can be prepared with very little trouble'and annoylance and expeditiously and cheaply as compared with the former method.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The method of preparing a spiral fabric for collarette material which consists in slitting a tubular fabric longitudinally, offsetting the severed edges longitudinally and uniting the severed edges, whereby the same may be cut on a spiral line thereby producing a continuo us strip of material.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses, this 9th day of January, 1905.

JOSEPH A. FIRSOHING.

Witnesses:

EMMA S. HEssn, S. I. DE VINE. 

